Shippensburg man charged with DUI following crash that injured his passenger, police say

A Shippensburg man has been charged with driving under the influence following a one-vehicle crash around 5 Sunday evening that resulted in a passenger in his car being taken to Carlisle Regional Medical Center. State police said Travis L. Heckman, 23, was driving his 2000 Chevrolet Silverado pickup west on Mud Level Road in Southampton Township when he lost control on the wet roadway and left the road about 200 yards east of Britton Road, striking five fence posts and a metal gate before coming to rest against a utility pole.

Heckman, who was not injured, was charged with DUI, police said. His passenger, Travis E. Burkholder, 24, also of Shippensburg, was taken to the hospital by ambulance for treatment of what police said were minor injuries.

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